New Car Overview of the 2005 Hyundai Sonata Mid-Size Sedan

Description: Mid-Size Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $16,499 - $20,299
Invoice Price Range: $15,133 - $18,472
Where built: South Korea

The value-packed mid-size sedan in Hyundai's fleet carves out room for five in a spacious cabin. It supports bold exterior styling with unusually smooth shapes contrasted against definitive creases and crisp edges. The look is elegant and dressy but also aggressive -- and clearly different from typical sedans from other Asian automakers.

Sonata also has good headroom in a cabin dressed with favored features for comfort and luxury, along with safety systems extending to frontal and side-impact air bags. The series for 2005 shows up in three trims, beginning with the base Sonata GL and climbing to GLS and deluxe LX models, the latter two rolling on 16-inch alloy wheels.

Sonata's optional 2.7-liter V6 engine hits 170-hp, while the base 2.4-liter in-line-four generates 138-hp.